Daily Republican., 1887-08-22
DEATHS HARVEST.

DEATHS HARVEST. q
Busy Day for the Coronsr-Two Mon |
Killed ON tho asanreaa. TWO Drowo-
ing Gases sAd . Man Found Dead TN
bed.
Yes,erday was one OF the busiest days
hat Coroner Bsrnhill has experienced
moe he has been In Office. The morgue,
q the rear of No. 300 Market street,
ontaintd four bodies, which, as they
aid In the ioe boxes, almost filled the
laco 30 that there was soarcely roem
or the Jury to stand while they were
,eing sworn ito diligently inquirein.
o the manner and cause" Of the deaths
Il those stretched rigid and cold before
hem.
Here In ono box lay the mutilated re-
Mains Of o man killed at the p, w. 81 |
B. Railroad statiop ON Saturday even
.oe, while alengside was Another vic.
i'm, ground almost to minceneat BY On
engine on the w. e N. Railcoad later
In the evening. ~heu osme the swelled,
blackened and disfgured body Of an
Italian, dro wned at Harlan b Hollinaa-
worth's ship yard last Thursdsy night,
and which was not recovered until Sat.
urdAy afternoon, while further back
was the remains Of Edward Higgine,
who WAS
FOUND DEkp IN HIS BED
Ct the White Horse Hotel at an early
hour yesterday morning. As this man
had been sick with the asthma for some
time. and under the care Of ply s;cian,
an Inquest was not necessary, and the
body was taken to the morgue until his
frieDds, II he has any, can be commu.
nisoted with.
THE FIRST FATAL ACCIDENT.
The first fatal accident on Saturday
occurred at the Philadelphia, Whining
ton z Baltimore Railroad station In this
city, the victim being Thomas Condor, /,
q young Irishman 90 years of age, re-
siding at No. IL Carpenter street, PhilA.
del2,ia.
From what could be learned OF the
csse ttom the mans own statements
and that Of eye witnesses, 1t seems that
Phila6elphia for Wilmington on his
way &c Elkton, Md. As he had but go
cents he bought o ticket for CheE ter
at 40 cents, with the hope that some
thing Fould offer In that city by which
he could secure enough to proceed on
his way After waiting uutii the Della
ware Division Express, train No. 81
due at Chester at 322 p. m, came
along. and eeeipg no chance Of getting
here in any other way he con ncluded to
secret hiIaself on the front platform oi
the baggage car aud steal ride. He
remained unnoticed until the train
stopped ,at Olsymont, when Frank
Mitchell, the baggage master, saw him
and ordessL him to get of. He obey ec
but just Asthe train WAS starting gol
on again, and as there WAS no door iI
the End of the car by which Mitchell
could pull him inside, he tried to at
tract the attention Of the engineer tt
the man by throwing piece Of GOAL 81
the cab, but failed to do so.
Nothing more was seen OF him unit
the train, which Was few minutes be
hind time, wssrushing into the station
when he attempted to jump OF and wa
thrown under the wheels Of the bag
gage car, which, with those Of the frs
passenger car, and the first truck Of tn
second passenger car passed over him
At this time the platform was crowded
with people, some,cf whom were goini
down the road on this train, while
Others were there to take the 4 O'Clock
trein for Philadelphts, consequently tn
accident was Witnessed by q number
who shouted to the engineer to stop
which he did instantly, but the wheel
of the rear truck Of tho second passen
ger coach rested on the right leg of th'
unfortunate man, pinniug him down
The train was backed far enough to nj
low OF his being extricated, when b.
was lifted on the platform, and Station
Master Gookin sent for . stretcher, OF
which he was convey ed to the office o
Special Officer Jones.
1t was found that his right leg wal
crushed from his toes to the hip. ant
), the mangled mass being held to th
body only by few pieces OF skin ant
shreds OF flesh. His right hand ANT
part OF tbs arm to the elbow wa
ground up, and also his left foot Il
above the ankle. The blood was ponr
Ing from him In streams and he woult
not have lived ten minutes had no
OAcer Jones with the utmost despatch
tied up the arteries. Notwithstanding
his being 80 frightfully mangled b.
was perfectly conscious, and said tha
. he was not suffering any pain except II
is right leg.
. DR.. Oale arrived in short time, bu
| so 1t was evident that nothing could b
e done to save his life he SO informed tn
, man, when he requested that o prizes
should be sent for, and the sum mon
r was answered by the Rev. Fathe
! Lyone, who administered the lsst rite
CT the Catholic church, to which tn
: dying man made the responses In
c clear, strong voice.
n He remained perfectly conscious nr
til $50 o'clock when he expired, bu
: before bis death informed Officer Jone
that his father resided In Dublin. lrt
land. AS soon ns he had breathed al
last word was sent to Coroner Bainhil
and he removed the body to the morgu'
where an inquest was held yesteIda
morning by the following Jurors: Get
Hillsby, Emil Beck, Nevin &. damoi'
. John Wagner, Aaron g. Beale, Jane
GeeSan and VIM. R. Long. After 70
jury were sworn they organized D
electinR George Hillsby foreman sn
VIM. R. Long secretary. Frederic
Emerson, Robert Yarnall, fran
Mitchell, NJ. W. Gookin, Charles
Weymsn and W. w. Jones were ewof,
and as their evidence show we'd the lac
ho huoNo ototoos sho Juhy
verdict "That Thomas Condor came
his death by being accidentally ru
over by train No. 81, at the p, W.
B. Railroad Station, In this city, q
Saturday, August Goth, 1887, and tn
the railroad company and employees d
exonerated from all blame"
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT.
The second fatal accident on the raj
= road occurred on the Wilmington
Northern Railroad, near the West Var
about O'Clock on Saturday evenin
the victim In this instance being j.
n Lands, an employe of that compan
u. Ill.,. liz, uraund niRnf